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Des Moines Municipal Housing Agency board adopts amended FY2025 budget, approves FY2026 budget and agency plan
Summary
The Des Moines Municipal Housing Agency Governing Board approved amended and proposed operating budgets for projects through FY2026, certified HUD paperwork and adopted its five-year/annual agency plan, including public-housing policies and the Section 8 administrative plan.
The Des Moines Municipal Housing Agency (MHA) Governing Board held a public hearing April 7 and approved its amended annual operating budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and the proposed budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.
At the start of the MHA meeting the board took a roll call showing six members present and a quorum. Routine items including approval of the agenda passed on unanimous votes recorded in the meeting minutes for that session.
The board voted to adopt the amended FY2025 operating budget, then approved the proposed FY2026 operating budget. The board also certified the amended FY2025 operating budget and the proposed FY2026 operating budget to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and adopted the five-year and annual agency plan beginning July 1, 2025. The five-year package included the 2025 Capital Improvement Grant, the public-housing Admissions and Continued Occupancy Policy, the Family Self-Sufficiency action plan and the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Administrative Plan (referenced in board communication number 205-133).
Board members and the executive director did not record public opposition or speakers at the hearing; board roll-call votes were unanimous on the listed items. The meeting record shows the following formal outcomes: approval of the amended FY2025 budget, approval of the FY2026 proposed budget, certification to HUD of the amended and proposed budgets, and adoption of the five-year/annual agency plan package. Each vote carried 6-0 on the MHA agenda items as reflected in the transcript.
Board members asked the MHA manager to work with communications staff to increase public awareness of the agency’s housing programs and the city’s coordinated housing investments. A board member said the scale of the agency’s coordinated investments and number of units merits more outreach so residents better understand city actions taken through the MHA agenda.
The board adjourned its public hearing and planned to reconvene with the council’s regular meeting later that day.
